Rent The Flower of Evil (2003)
3.3 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 40min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Incest, old money, and intergenerational guilt come under the scalpel in this brooding story of lies, power, and the power of lies. Anne Charpin-Vasseur (Nathalie Baye), matriarch of an outwardly perfect upper-class family in Bordeaux decides to run for Mayor. But in the midst of her campaign a leaflet appears, accusing her family of collaboration with the Nazis, profiteering, adultery, and more. One by one skeletons begin to emerge from the closet, sowing discord and distrust as the family begins to unravel.
- Actors:
- Nathalie Baye, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon, Bernard Le Coq, Mélanie Doutey, Thomas Chabrol, Henri Attal, Kevin Ahyi, Françoise Bertin, Jérôme Bertin, Caroline Baehr, Didier Bénureau, Yvon Crenn, Michèle Dascain, Jean-Marc Druet, Michel Herbault, Edmond Kastelnik, Marius de Laage, Isabelle Mamère, Juliette Meyniac
- Directors:
- Claude Chabrol
- Producers:
- Marin Karmitz
- Writers:
- Caroline Eliacheff, Louise L. Lambrichs, Claude Chabrol
- Aka:
- La Fleur Du Mal
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Claude Chabrol
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/04/2022
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Farran Smith Nehme
- Behind the Masks: Remembering Claude Chabrol, a brand new appreciation by Agnes C. Poirier, author of Left Bank: Arts, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 in which she shares her personal reminiscence of Claude Chabrol and considers his unique position in French culture and cinema
- Behind the scenes featurette
- Archive interview with co-writer Catherine Eliacheff
- Archive introduction by film scholar Joel Magny
- Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
